Average response rate online dating

Queer men of color have fewer options in online dating than queer white men.

Data suggests these stories are not uncommon or unique.

I’ve met a few people who have experienced problems with online dating.

One queer man of color I know is half-Indian and half-Italian with a common Indian name.

But in online dating profiles he uses a common English first name and an Italian surname.

He waits until he meets someone to reveal his real name and racial/ethnic identity because men sometimes stop talking to him when they find out he’s partly Indian.

Another person I know is Black but has self-identified as mixed-race on Grindr because he gets little attention when he identifies himself as Black.

And the attention he does receive for identifying as Black isn’t favorable – it’s frequently unsolicited and racialized.

For instance, one white man asked him, “Do you wanna make a white man your slave?

” Another white man refused to believe he was Black, citing his “Chinese-looking eyes.” These are just a few stories that illustrate the effects of racism within online dating communities comprising mostly gay men.

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